You know about the Library of Alexandria, right? You know, the famed repository of all the wisdom and learning of the ancient world. And you know how the library was destroyed, right? It was set on fire and all of those scrolls went up in smoke…
…or did they? Like most famous stories from ancient history, this one, too, is most likely false. So howย was the library lost? And, more importantly, what does that have to say to us, here in the 21st century, as we careen off the cliff into the abyss of the “post-literate” society?
Find out all the fascinating details in this week’s edition of The Corbett Reportย Subscriber editorial.
